Systemic α-particles are likely to yield more important advances in radiotherapy than are protons

Barry J. Allen; Alexei V. Chvetsov; Colin G. Orton

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Systemic α-particles are likely to yield more important advances in radiotherapy than are protons

Barry J. Allen, Alexei V. Chvetsov, Colin G. Orton

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

New treatment modalities aimed at increasing tumor control and decreasing complications include proton and heavy ion external beam radiotherapies and systemic targeted alphaparticle therapy (TAT). Although proton therapy (PT) has received the most press recently, some would argue that systemic α-particles are likely to yield more important advances than are protons. This is the claim debated in this month’s Point/Counterpoint.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3785-3787
Number of pages	3
Journal	Medical Physics
Volume	42
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4919281
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Boron, neutron capture therapy
alpha, radioimmunotherapy
gamma rays
radiotherapy

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